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Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 29 July 2023 – 25 May 2024 12 December 2023 – 23 February 2024 (winter break) |
Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk |
Relegated | FC Mynai Metalist 1925 Kharkiv |
Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv |
Europa League | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
Conference League | Dnipro-1 Polissya Zhytomyr |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 594 (2.48 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo) (14 goals) |
Biggest home win | Dynamo 5–0 Kolos (5 May 2024) |
Biggest away win | Oleksandriya 1–5 Chornomorets (22 September 2023) Vorskla 1–5 Dynamo (31 March 2024) |
Highest scoring | 7 goals (4 matches) |
Highest attendance | 2800 Vorskla 1–5 Dynamo (31 March 2024) Veres 2–2 Oleksandriya (19 May 2024) |
Total attendance | 86 019 |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 03 June 2024. |
The 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League season, referred to as the VBet Liha for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd top-level football club competition since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 16th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. On June 7, 2023 the UPL published highlights of the next season regulation draft announcing that preliminary the next season is expected to start on July 29.[2] Also, this season had the national cup competitions restored which started on August 16. The season regulation draft is yet to be approved by the General Assembly of the UPL participants.[3]
Teams
This season the Ukrainian Premier League remained at 16 teams. Two teams had their status suspended due to the Russian occupation and/or destruction of their sports infrastructure. If one or both of Desna and Mariupol decide to return to the league competitions next season, it has been determined that the league would be increased to 18 teams.[4] On June 9, 2023 the president of FC Desna stated that the club would return to professional football the next season in 2024 and would start from the Second League due to issues with player transfers.[5][6]
Promoted teams
- Polissia Zhytomyr – first-placed team of the 2022–23 Ukrainian First League (debut)
- Obolon Kyiv – second-placed team of the 2022–23 Ukrainian First League (returning, last competed in 2011–12, for the first time since its reorganization in 2013)
- LNZ Cherkasy – winner of promotion/relegation play-off (debut)
Relegated teams
- Inhulets Petrove – Relegated after three seasons in the top flight.
- Metalist Kharkiv – Relegated after one season in the top flight
- FC Lviv – Relegated after five seasons in the top flight.
Location map
Teams in italics are from areas bordering the Russian Federation and are playing their home games in different cities due to ongoing hostilities.
Stadiums
The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 4,500 (Article 10, paragraph 7.3).[7]
The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds: